Month: October 2016

MEC (or Mountain Equipment Co-op for my American friends) puts on a series of races in most major Canadian cities, they are in expensive, no frills races, and until this weekend, I had yet to run one. I’d been eyeing them for a while as I’d heard that they are good races, well organized, and of course cheap. Until this weekend, it had never really worked out, I’d always had family commitments, been training for a different race, or had a big trail run planned. This past weekend, finally the stars aligned, it was their last race of the season, and there was a race on, it consisted of a 5k, 10k, half marathon and full marathon. I knew I didn’t want to race a marathon, and ever since the spring when I was forced to DNS for the Calgary Police Half, I’d been itching to race a half and see if I could PR. I waited until the last minute to register so that I could check the forecast and make sure there wasn’t a blizzard or heat wave forecasted, this is Calgary after all!

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a month since Lost Soul already! I’ve been taking it pretty easy on the running front, and am feeling pretty well recovered. I’ve wanted to do a post summarizing my training, partly for myself, but also because I’ve had a few people message me asking me questions. I thought it would be beneficial to write it all out. Continue reading “Lost Soul Training Summary”→